DigitalGlobe eyes $400 million market for high-res imagesReutersFor satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe Inc, a $400 million-a-year global market awaits as soon as the United States relaxes regulations on the sale of higher-resolution images. That day cannot come soon enough for the only provider of commercial satellite images in the United States. Until then, DigitalGlobe cannot use its technology to full effect, Chief Financial Officer Yancey Spruill told Reuters in an interview.

Why utilities should be emphasizing resiliency (and technologies that can help)Smart Grid NewsReliability is typically defined as the ability of a system to perform its required functions without problems. Resiliency, on the other hand, refers to what happens when that system encounters a problem. Charlie Scirbona, Smart Grid department manager for Orange and Rockland Utilities, defines resiliency as the adaptive capacity of the system or the ability to bounce back.

Don't politicize GNSS, says industry CEO and visionaryGPS World"Use any opportunity to create friendship and peace," urged Javad Ashjaee, president and CEO of JAVAD GNSS, in a conversation with journalists. He decried the recent controversy about monitoring stations on both U.S. and Russian soil, saying it was based in misinformation and misinterpretations, inflated by a political crisis in a completely different area.

What's the best smartphone for enterprise solutions?GIS UserIn 2006, Blackberry devices dominated the global enterprise and business community. From small to medium enterprises, including the Fortune 500 global companies, Blackberry handsets were the top choice for office/field productivity with 10 million users in 2007.

Urban physicsMIT News via Directions MagazineFranz-Josef Ulm and a colleague were taking a break from a tough problem one afternoon when they spotted an aerial photograph of a city and had an epiphany.

During the early 2014 snow/ice storms that impacted the eastern half of the United States, there were many storms that were shown on various weather channels and news reports. Not all of these storms required multi-state fleet movement and coordination with states. Initially, some fleet movement utilized internal resources, along with sub-contractors in order to address the need. These efforts did not require coordination with multiple states. Many questions arose as to how to determine which type of storm may require which type of fleet movement.

The webinar will be 60 minutes long and will feature power sector representatives engaged in a discussion on the topic. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.

Boeing sees strong continued commercial demand for satellitesReuters via Chicago TribuneBoeing Co , the world's No. 1 commercial satellite producer, says strong demand in the commercial market will help its satellite division weather a downturn in U.S. defense spending and should continue to boost revenues in coming years. Commercial revenues should account for about 40 percent of its satellite business in five or six years, up from 30 percent now.

Sources: Google close to snapping up satellite startup Skybox Imaging for $1 billionTech CrunchGoogle made a play for the skies in April when it swept in and acquired Titan Aerospace amid reports that the drone maker was being pursued by Facebook. But Google's interest in hardware companies that provide primary sources of data is not ending there. Google is closing in on a deal for Skybox Imaging, a satellite company that specializes in recording very detailed landscape pictures and video, TechCrunch has heard from three different sources.